European Tour 5: Austrian Darts Open 2025
In last year edition of the Austrian Darts Open, Luke Littler defeated Joe 'Rockstar' Cullen and claimed the legendary green traditional jacket.
Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler won the first European Tour event of 2025. Nathan Aspinall & Stephen Bunting clinched their maiden European Tour titles in European Tour 2 and European Tour 3 respectively and Michael van Gerwen won the latest tournament, European Tour 4 and hit a nine-darter in the tournament.
When is the Austrian Darts Open 2025 taking place?
The Austrian Darts Open 2025 will take place between April 25th and April 27th, 2025.
Where is the Austrian Darts Open 2025 taking place?
The Austrian Darts Open 2025 will take place at the Premstättner Halle,Graz, Austria.
How to watch the Austrian Darts Open 2025?
All European Tour events are streamed live through Viaplay in the UK, the Netherlands, Poland and all Nordic & Baltic countries, and through DAZN for viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Coverage will also be shown on PDCTV (excluding Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and through bookmakers worldwide.
What is the format of the Austrian Darts Open 2025?
| Round | Best of (legs) |
|---|---|
| First Round | 11 legs |
| Quarter-Finals | 11 legs |
| Semi-Finals | 13 legs |
| Final | 15 legs |
What is the prize money for the Austrian Darts Open 2025?
Here is the full breakdown of this year's prize money for the European Tour 5: Austrian Darts Open 2025
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| Winner | £30,000 |
| Runner-up | £12,000 |
| Semi-finalist | £8,000 |
| Quarter-finalist | £6,000 |
| Third Round | £4,000 |
| Second Round* | £2,500 |
| Frist Round | £1,250 |
| Total: | £175,000 |
*Seeded players who lose in the second round are not credited with prize money on any Order of Merit. If a qualifying player becomes a seeded player due to withdrawals, they shall be credited with their prize money on all Orders of Merit regardless of how far they progress in the event
Who has qualified for the Austrian Darts Open 2025?
In a change from the previous year, the top 16 on the two-year main PDC Order of Merit ranking will now be seeded and enter the tournament in the second round, while the 16 qualifiers from the one-year PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit ranking will enter in the first round. The seedings were confirmed on 27 March.
| PDC Main Order of Merit | |
|---|---|
| Jonny Clayton | Stephen Bunting |
| Damon Heta | Nathan Aspinall |
| Chris Dobey | Dave Chisnall |
| James Wade* | Gerwyn Price* |
| Peter Wright | Danny Noppert |
| Josh Rock | Ross Smith |
| Ryan Searle | Dimitri Van den Bergh* |
| Mike De Decker | Martin Schindler |
| PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit | |
|---|---|
| Gian van Veen | Daryl Gurney |
| Cameron Menzies* | Wessel Nijman |
| Ritchie Edhouse | Joe Cullen |
| Luke Woodhouse | Raymond van Barneveld |
| Jermaine Wattimena | Andrew Gilding |
| Ryan Joyce | Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Kevin Doets | Madars Razma |
| Krzysztof Ratajski | Ricardo Pietreczko |
*NB: From the original list of entries, Gerwyn Price, James Wade, Dimitri Van den Bergh and Cameron Menzies have withdrawn from the event, and have been replaced by Thibault Tricole, Patrick Geeraets, Matthew Dennant and Lukas Wenig from the Reserve List.
Joe Cullen, Gian van Veen and Daryl Gurney have moved into the seeded positions, while Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen, Rob Cross, Gary Anderson and Michael Smith did not enter the Austrian Darts Open.
| PDC Austrian Darts Open | |
|---|---|
| Berry van Peer | Karel Sedlacek |
| Nathan Rafferty | Tom Bissell |
| Ian White | Niko Springer |
| Mickey Mansell | Chris Landman |
| Matt Campbell | William O'Connor |
| Host Nation Qualifier | |
|---|---|
| Zoran Lerchbacher | Mensur Suljovic |
| Rowby-John Rodriguez | Christian Godl |
| Nordic & Baltic Qualifier |
|---|
| Teemu Harju |
| East European Qualifier |
|---|
| Gyorgy Jehirszki |
How do you qualify for the Austrian Darts Open?
With 48 darts players selected for the Grand Darts Grand Prix and they broke down by the following:
- 16 places go to the top 16 of the PDC Order of Merit and enter in round 2.
- 16 places go to the top 16 of the PDC ProTour Order of Merit (excluding players already qualified via the PDC Order of Merit).
- 10 places go to the winners, the Tour Card Holder Qualifiers, in which up to 112 players compete.
- 4 players from Host Nation Qualifiers. These qualifying tournaments are open to darts players from the country in which the European Tour event is taking place.
- 1 place goes to the winner of the Nordic & Baltic Associate Member Qualifiers.
- 1 place goes to the winner of the East European Associate Member Qualifiers.
What is the schedule of the Austrian Darts Open?
FRIDAY 25th APRIL
Afternoon Session (1200-1600 GMT)
First Round x8
Evening Session (1800-2200 GMT)
First Round x8
SATURDAY 26th APRIL
Afternoon Session (1200-1600 GMT)
Second Round x8
Evening Session (1800-2200 GMT)
Second Round x8
SUNDAY 27th APRIL
Afternoon Session (1200-1600 GMT)
Third Round x8
Evening Session (1800-2200 GMT)
Quarter-Final, Semi-Final, Final
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